Historical Events In September - 16

1859  On September - 16 lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone  

1861  Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY  

1862  Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on September - 16.  

1863  Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist on this day in history.  

1864  On September - 16 battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)  

1867  Ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game on this day in history.  

1872  Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history german troops leave France  

1875  James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney) on September - 16.  

1877  James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on this day in history.  

1878  Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) on this day in history.  

1880  On September - 16 alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)  

1882  Mart Saar, composer on this day in history.  

1885  On this day in history puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup  

1885  On this day in history karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst  

1887  On September - 16 hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor  

1888  Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie) on September - 16.  

1889  On this day in history claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press)  

1890  On this day in history newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers  

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers on this day in history.  

1890  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) on September - 16.  

1891  On September - 16 czeslaw Josef Marek, composer  

1892  On this day in history amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"  

1893  Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders on this day in history.  

1893  On September - 16 cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders  

1893  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937) on this day in history.  

1894  On September - 16 clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops)  

1895  Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals) on September - 16.  

1896  On September - 16 andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist  

1896  Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1899  Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50) on September - 16.  

1901  Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County on this day in history.  

1901  Andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) on this day in history.  

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0016  Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38) was born on this day in history.  

1098  Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179) was born on this day in history.  

1386  Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general was born on this day in history.  

1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22) was born on September - 16.  

1507  Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567) was born on September - 16.  

1547  On September - 16 birth of abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet  

1557  On this day in history birth of jacques Mauduit, composer  

1574  Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena) was born on this day in history.  

0096  Death of Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 on this day in history.  

0655  On September - 16 martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies  

0827  Death of Pope Valentine on this day in history.  

1087  On September - 16 victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies  

1100  On September - 16 death of bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)  

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on this day in history.  

1380  On this day in history charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies  

1394  On this day in history clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies